Washing-machine



(ModeL) G. HUNT.

- WASHING MACHINE. v No. 357,601; Patented Feb. 15, 1887.

U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE HUNT, or CENTRALIA, KANSAS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,601, dated February 15, 1887.

Application filed October 22, 1885. Serial No. 180,645. (Model) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE Hon'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oentralia, in the county of Nemaha and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. 7

My invention has relation to improvements in machines for washing clothing and fabrics; and the novelty consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the various parts for service, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

The object of my invention is to provide a washing-machine which shall be simple, strong, and durable in construction, efficient and quick of operation, and not liable to get out of order.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure l is a side elevation of awashing-machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the revolving agitator with the pins thereof removed. Fig. at is a detail perspective of the standard D. Fig. 5 is a detailview of the standard J.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures of the drawings, referring to which- A designates the clothes receptacle or tub, preferably rectangular in form and made of any suitable or preferred material, said vessel being supported at a proper height from the ground upon legs a a, and having a cover, B, adapted to fit within the side and end walls thereof flush with the upper edges. The cover B is hinged at one end to one of the end walls, as at I), while at its opposite end it is preferably beveled and rests upon a beveled cleat, b, secured to the opposite end wall, the lower edges of the cover resting upon and supported by cleats bisecured upon the side and end walls of the said receptacle.

One of the end walls of the vessel A has a board or extension, 0, arranged above the plane of the hinged lid thereof for the reception of a wringing-machine, while the opposite end wall of said vessel is provided with an opening, in which is arranged a dischargespout, 0, adapted to discharge or empty the water in said vessel when desired, said spout being normally closed by a tapering plug or stopper, 0', fitting therein.

Upon the upper surface of the lid or cover B, near one end thereof, is secured or mounted a standard, D, having a base, (I, through which are passed securing bolts or screws to fasten the standard upon the lid or cover. At the upper end of the standard D is provided an outwardlyextending arm, e, having a lug or shoulder, 6, through which and the standard passes a shaft or pin, E, having a master gearwheel, F, secured upon one end thereof. The gearwheel has a handle or crank, F, secured near its periphery for convenient operation by hand, and meshes with a pinion, G, arranged below said wheel F and supported upon a shaft, G, mounted or bearing in lugs g g, the former being formed on one face of the standard at its lower end, while the other is formed on an arm, 9 of the standard, also arranged at its lower end and in a plane with the lug g. The

outer end of-the shaft G has a collar, 7:, adapted to bear against the outer face of the arm 9, and a crank, H, formed integral therewith or secured thereto.

The shafts e and G are extended at one end through the standard D, and the gear-wheels E G are rigidly secured to the extended ends of the shafts e G, respectively, and the said gear-wheels are thus arranged at one side of the vertical standard.

I designates the agitator drive-wheel, pivoted or mounted upon a pin or shaft, t, bearing in the upper end of a standard, J, bent at its lower end, as atj, and secured upon the lid B, at or near the middle thereof. One of the faces of the wheel I is made plane or flat, while the outer face is provided with a series of teeth, K, extending nearly around the face at the periphery thereof, the wheel being made partly skeleton in form or cut away, as at j.

K designates a link connecting the crank H with the drive-wheel I and adapted to vibrate the same back and forth in a vertical plane through motiontransmitted from said crank H, shaft G, and gear-wheels G and F, said connecting-link K being pivotally connected to the crank H and outer face of the wheel I near its periphery.

L designates a vertical shaft passing through the lid or cover B and carrying at its lower end the agitator M, while at its upper end it is provided with a hearing or collar, 1, adapted to bear upon the upper surface of the foot of the standard J, said shaft being revolved by motion transmitted thereto through the gearwheel Z, mounted on the upper end thereof and adapted to mesh with the teeth is formed on one of the faces of the drive-wheel I.

The agitator M is secured upon the lower end of the shaft L by means of a pin, m, passing through an aperture in the lower end of said shaft and fitting in recesses m formed in a boss, M said agitator having three outwardly-projecting arms, M, each of which carries a pin, m adapted to grasp the clothing or fabrics when the machine is in operation and subject them to rubbing action upon the bottom of the vessel, which may have a lining of corrugated sheet metal.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The lid or cover is first removed,wheu the clothing or fabrics and water in sufiicient quantities are placed in the receptacle. The lid is now closed and power applied to the master gear-wheel by hand to the handle, the lid being held in position by means of studs or buttons n pivoted to the side walls of the receptacle at the front thereof. The motion of the wheel 1 is transmitted to and revolves the pinion G, shaft G, and crank H, which vibrates the wheel or segment I back and forth through the medium of the pivoted connecting-link K. The agitator-shaft is revolved by motion transmitted from the wheel or segment I to its drive-pinion Z and revolves the agitator M rapidly, thus forcing the clothing around in contact with the body of the vessel and through the water at a comparatively great velocity, and accomplishing the cleansing thereof quickly and thoroughly.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a washing-machine, the combination of a receptacle, A, having a hinged cover, a vertical standard, D, secured on and carried by the cover and provided with the lateral arms 6 g and the extended lugs e g g, in which are journaled the shafts E G, respectively, the master-gear F, carried by the shaft E, the pinion G, secured on the shaft G and meshing with the master-gear, the crank H, carried by the shaft G, a standard, J, a toothed segment, I, mounted thereon, a link, K, intermediate of the segment and crank, an agitator-shaft, L, carrying a pinion, Z, meshing with the segment, an agitator, M, secured to the lower end of the agitator-shaft and having the radial arms M, provided with the flanged and apertured free ends, and the depending pins of, secured in the apertured ends of the arms, all arranged and adapted to serve substantially as herein shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' GEORGE HUNT.

\Vitnesses:

W. M. MOONEY, A. W. SLATER. 

